“Often people trade on the CURRENCY of their beauty because they have never developed the quality of their CHARACTER.”

There is no condition so severe that you cannot reverse it
by choosing different thoughts. However, choosing different
thoughts requires focus and practise. If you continue to focus
as you have been, to think as you have been, and to believe
as you have been, then nothing in your experience will change"

~ from 'Ask And It Is Given' ~

We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world

Greatness is who we become on the journey, not what we achieve at the end.

Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.

An authentic and genuine life grows like a sturdy tree. And like a tree, it grows slowly. Every time you make a different and better decision, it grows a little. Every time you choose to do the right thing, even when nobody would find out otherwise, it grows a little. Every time you act with compassion, relinquish your right to strike back, take a courageous stand, admit fault or accept responsibility, it grows a little.